Difficulty Levels Explained (Please feel free to comment)

[1piano4joe]

Level 1 Absolute beginner to Early Elementary

Level 2 Elementary

Level 3 Late Elementary

Level 4 Early Intermediate

Level 5 Intermediate

Level 6 Late Intermediate

Level 7 Early Advanced

Level 8 Advanced

Level 8+ Late Advanced to Virtuoso


As general as it is crude I thought this might be useful to some forum users.

[pianoplayjl]

Level 1 Absolute beginner to Early Elementary

Level 2 Elementary

Level 3 Late Elementary

Level 4 Early Intermediate

Level 5 Intermediate

Level 6 Late Intermediate

Level 7 Early Advanced

Level 8 Advanced

Level 8+ Late Advanced to Virtuoso


As general as it is crude I thought this might be useful to some forum users.

Pretty good explanation of the difficulty levels, but you missed something. Can I have my version? There are some similarities and slight deviations. I'll type it anyway.

Preliminary Grades (technically not a grade): Absolute Beginner

Grade 1: early elementary

Grade 2: Elementary

Grade 3: late Elementary

Grade 4: early Intermediate

Grade 5: Intermediate

Grade 6: late Intermediate/

Grade 7: early Advanced

Grade 8: intermediate advanced

Certificate of Performance (only in Australia): intermediate Advanced

Associate: Late advanced/Early virtuosic levels

Licentiate: Virtuosic levels

Fellowship and += extremely virtuosic

Sorry if this is not what you expect but it's just my version of difficulty of grades. I somehow just felt like dividing the 8+ category into a further 3 subcategories because every 8+ piece obviously has its own level of difficulty. For the COP just imagine a grade 9. It is only for people who didn't pass or just passed. As for the Associate, Licentiate and Fellowship, you get the idea and intensity.

JL

[slyfox2625]

these are all good, i figure i get myself to advanced when i get these finger weights.

[ajspiano]

I take it you're australian JL?

I would appreciate it if the AMEB could publish - or perhaps someone could point me in the direction of information that accurately explains how a piece is analysed to determine its grading..

Seems like it would take a lifetimes experience to be able to do this well if one has to get there by trial and error.

[faa2010]

It's remarkable the explanation, even though it is difficult for an amateur to define his or her true level.

In my case, there were ocassions where I played pieces of levels 7 and 8, but then I "returned" to basic levels 2, 5 and 6.

Because of that, it's very confusing to really know which is my true level.

[megadodd]

This is great to have on the forums! I knew somewhat the difficulty of each grade piece (overall) but this really sums it up very well.

[jalexh]

Grade eight is certainly not more than 'late intermediate'.